Incidents of racism around the world

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July 2026

• LGBTI mural in Valladolid defaced with racist, anti-migrant graffiti

  An LGBTI-themed mural by artist Sara Macho in Valladolid was vandalized with the slogan 'Remigración Tradición' and Falangist symbols.

  Jul 1 · Valladolid, SpainXenophobia1 source

• Attack ad mocking Arizona treasurer's heritage airs statewide

  A political attack ad airing across Arizona depicts State Treasurer Kimberly Yee with a gong and bamboo lettering and calls her the 'Empress of DEI,' which Yee and others describe as racist.

  Jul 1 · Arizona, United States1 source

June 2026

• Loyalist social media post threatens immigrants in Glengormley

  A loyalist social media account posted a message warning immigrants in an estate in Glengormley, Co Antrim, that homes would be freed up for 'local people' and that immigrants would not be made to feel welcome, including a racist slur.

  Jun 29 · Glengormley, United Kingdom1 source

• Phone shop windows smashed in racially motivated attack on opening day

  The windows of a newly opened phone shop on Main Street in Coalisland were smashed hours after its first day of trading.

  Jun 29 · Coalisland, United Kingdom1 source

• Dalit teenager beaten to death in Uttarakhand over inter-caste relationship

  An 18-year-old Dalit youth was lured, held captive and beaten through the night with sticks and belts in Deval village, Tehri district, and died; relatives say he was targeted because he loved a girl of a so-called upper caste.

  Jun 27 · Deval, India1 source

• Deputy mayor of Monserrato targeted online for not being Sardinian

  The deputy mayor of Monserrato was attacked in social media posts that targeted him for not being Sardinian by birth, drawing solidarity from the mayor and residents.

  Jun 27 · Monserrato, Italy1 source

• Three men attacked in Dublin park after Sanctuary Runners event

  Three men who had just taken part in a Sanctuary Runners community run were confronted and assaulted in Poppintree Park in Ballymun, Dublin.

  Jun 27 · Dublin, Ireland1 source

• Mayor bans woman in burkini from swimming at Tyrol pool

  At the Badino natural pool in Vorderhornbach, the mayor, who also serves as the pool's hygiene officer, told a woman of Turkish origin that body-covering swimwear was not allowed and barred her from swimming; she left with her children and said she would file a complaint for racism.

  Jun 27 · Vorderhornbach, Austria1 source

• Black man forced to discard afro pick at Sinop airport security

  A 39-year-old Black geotechnology analyst was stopped during security screening at Sinop Airport and told his plastic afro pick was a prohibited item, forcing him to discard it.

  Jun 26 · Sinop, Brazil1 source

• Swimming area in Halle bans people who do not understand German

  The operator of a natural swimming area at Heidesee in Halle introduced a rule barring entry to people who cannot sufficiently understand German, saying staff at the entrance will decide who may enter.

  Jun 26 · Halle, GermanyXenophobia4 sources

• Spanish tourist arrested for racial slurs at Guarulhos airport

  A Spanish tourist was arrested at São Paulo International Airport in Guarulhos after calling baggage handlers 'monkeys' while passengers waited to disembark a Latam flight from Maranhão.

  Jun 24 · Guarulhos, Brazil3 sources

• Rep. Emmer tells Somali-Americans to 'go back' if they don't assimilate

  At a Faith and Freedom Coalition town hall on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer said Somali-Americans who do not assimilate should 'go the hell back to where they came from.'

  Jun 24 · Washington, United States1 source

• Racist chants against Arabs filmed in Rodez nightclub

  A video circulating on social media shows young men in a nightclub in Rodez chanting a racist slogan calling for Arabs to be sent 'to the slaughterhouse'.

  Jun 24 · Rodez, France1 source

• Black actor headbutted at Rio shopping mall after asking for directions

  A Black actor was headbutted in the face by a man at the Shopping da Gávea in Rio de Janeiro after asking where the bathroom was.

  Jun 23 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2 sources

• Congressional candidate targeted with anti-Haitian rhetoric in New York primary

  A senior adviser to Rep. Adriano Espaillat accused candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier of helping turn Washington Heights into a 'bastion of the Haitian, Muslim community,' and she was trolled online with assumptions that she is Haitian because of her surname.

  Jun 22 · New York, United States1 source

• Anti-Muslim banner placed at Co Tyrone children's playpark

  A banner depicting bearded men in headscarves with the message 'not welcome, not wanted, not here' was placed at a children's playpark in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, and removed by police as a hate crime.

  Jun 21 · Moygashel, United Kingdom1 source

• Racist and misogynistic insults against MP Ouidad Bakkali on social media

  A city councillor for Fratelli d'Italia posted racist and classist insults on social media against Democratic Party MP Ouidad Bakkali, including a slur calling her a 'gypsy' and telling her to go home, and mocking her humble origins.

  Jun 20 · Ravenna, Italy1 source

• Ukrainian woman attacked by staff at Prague petrol station

  At an ORLEN petrol station on Argentinská street in Prague, staff insulted a young Ukrainian woman and her friends as 'Ukrainians', and a second employee knocked her to the ground and choked her while security beat and pushed her friends.

  Jun 19 · Prague, Czech RepublicXenophobia1 source

• Bologna official targeted with racist and xenophobic insults online

  Erika Capasso, a Bologna city official, was hit with hundreds of insulting and threatening comments, including racist and xenophobic slurs, after posting a video criticizing the EU returns regulation.

  Jun 19 · Bologna, ItalyXenophobia1 source

• Five men injured in series of attacks in Edinburgh

  A man attacked several men in Edinburgh, injuring five, three of whom required hospital treatment.

  Jun 19 · Edinburgh, United KingdomReligious Discrimination4 sources

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 882
• Xenophobia 141